Sunset Magazine, September 2010, "20 Best Coastal Weekends":  San Francisco's hotels cluster downtown.  But there's something to be said for a stay on the city's saltier, breezier, and less-known Pacific Ocean edge.  Out here, a room at the Ocean Park Motel gets you in with the wetsuit-wearing, wave-riding crowd at Ocean Beach, famously foggy in summer but warm and sunny come September.  The 1930s streamline moderne motel has a pretty courtyard and (in many rooms) cute kitchens — all at a reasonable price, especially for the city.  And it takes dogs, which is handy because Ocean Beach is dog heaven.

Sunset Magazine, November 1997, Jeff Phillips:                             A 1930s streamline modern motor court sleek enough to sail into the nearby Pacific, the Ocean Park features simple, shipshape rooms grouped around a lush interior courtyard ... Leave your heart but not your wallet ... these hotels, inns, and B&Bs are bargain bedrooms by the bay.

"Hidden San Francisco and Northern California", Ray Riegert:  San Francisco's first motel is an Art Deco beauty! built in 1936, the same year as the Golden Gate Bridge ... it offers guests attractive rooms (some with kitchens), an outdoor hot tub, courtyard, and a small playground.

Opening Day Golden Gate Bridge May 24, 1937
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